In his first NBA practice, Victor Oladipo boosts the Orlando Magic's intensity

As with any rookie, first-round draft pick Victor Oladipo has some rough edges to smooth out in the days, weeks and months ahead. But after he completed his first official practice as a member of the Orlando Magic on Tuesday, one thing was already clear.

Just having him around will raise the intensity of everything the Magic do.

Especially practices.

"That's something that he's going to bring every day, and I expect him to bring it every day," coach Jacque Vaughn said Tuesday, after the Magic finished their opening workout of training camp.

"Whether it's in sprints, whether it's in drill work, whether it's playing a scrimmage — his ability to compete and raise our level of practice — I'm going to lean on him every single day for that."

"I made some mistakes here and there, because I was going a little too fast," Oladipo said. "I was a little too anxious, but it was fun. It was just a learning process for me. I've got to remember that, because it's easy for me to get frustrated, because I want to do well so badly."

After practice ended, Oladipo remained on the court to do some ball-handling drills with assistant coach for player development Laron Profit.

Oladipo was one of 18 players who participated in the first practice. Only Glen Davis, who hasn't been cleared yet for basketball activities following foot surgery in July, didn't work out with the team. But Davis attended the practice and took some set shots.

Oladipo punctuated the end of his first practice in dazzling fashion. He lobbed a basketball into the air, let it hit the ground and jumped. Oladipo caught the ball on his way up and dunked.

"It's the first chapter — crossing my fingers — in a long, long journey," he said.

Another firstSwingman Maurice Harkless appeared in 76 games as a rookie last season, but Tuesday's workout was the first training camp practice of his NBA career.

Harkless missed all of camp last October because he was recovering from sports hernia surgery.

"I'm a lot more comfortable this year just because I have a year under my belt even though this is my first time actually participating," Harkless said. "Last year, I saw [camp] happening, so I knew what to expect [today]."

Tickets for saleOn Friday at 10 a.m., the Magic will begin selling single-game tickets for all of their home games through Dec. 31.

The public can buy tickets at the Amway Center box office on Church St., all Ticketmaster outlets, by calling 1-800-4NBA-TIX and online at OrlandoMagic.com.

The Magic will host 17 regular-season games from their home opener on Nov. 1 through Dec. 31.

The games at Amway Center include matchups against the Brooklyn Nets on Nov. 3, Los Angeles Clippers on Nov. 6, Miami Heat on Nov. 20, San Antonio Spurs on Nov. 29, New York Knicks on Dec. 23 and Golden State Warriors on Dec. 31.

Anniversary patchThe Magic will mark their 25th season this year by having players wear a commemorative patch on the front of their jerseys.